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#1 Step left, Right hand Suto. Right Side Kick to ribs. Spin crescent kick left to head. Right four knuckle strike to temple. #2 Step left, left palm strike to face, right palm up neck chop. Step with right with right elbow, convert to left spinning backfist. Finish with right in to out crescent kick. #3 Step right with left foot, spinning elbow strike while ducking under their punch. Quickly backfist to nose. Step forward with right foot, left side kick, convert to outside crescent. Finish with right outside crescent. #4 Step in with right foot. Left suto block, right hammer to temple. Rechamber toRead More →

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I recall in elementary school, probably about 4th grade (1963-ish), finding a small booklet in my school library called G.I. Judo. It was probably 20 pages, comic book style illustrations of a dozen-ish judo throws and takedowns. I couldn’t find anybody that would let me try them out. Little did I know, that booklet would gnaw at me for another 30 years. For my 38th birthday, I gifted myself with Tae Kwon Do lessons. And so, it began. I began under the tutalege of Master Instructor Dr Richard Griffith, veterinarian by day, bone breaker by night. His school was associated with Grandmaster Jung Soo Park’sRead More →